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CNN, 3/19/2020
Pressed again, he said: "I have great love for all of the people from our country, but as you know China tried to say at one point ... that it was caused by American soldiers. That can't happen. It's not gonna happen, not as long as I'm President. It comes from China."
He also denied that it was a racist term to use.
March 17, 2021
Vox reporter Aaron Rupar noted that Trump used the phrase "China virus" during a Fox News interview that started at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
"I don't think it's a coincidence that Trump spent the better part of a year using a virus as a slur against Chinese people while hate crimes against Asian Americans spiked by 150 percent," Rupar tweeted.
Amen to that, Aaron!
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